"Carmen Gonsalo" (Marina Resa) just happens to be the daughter of a Cuban nuclear physicist who has defected to the West. So when Carmen is caught selling bibles behind the Iron Curtain the Americans decide to send in an assassin named "Bill Donley" (Anthony Tyler Quinn) to rescue her before her father turns himself in to the Soviets in exchange for her freedom. But when Bill gets to Carmen he realizes that she has already been ransomed in a totally different manner. Now, since I don't want to divulge too much of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that for an ultra-low budget movie this turned out to be a nice little picture all the same. One major problem is that it is simply too short (only 46 minutes) and it would have been much better if it had gone on for at least 30 minutes longer. But I liked the performances of both Marina Resa and Anthony Tyler Quinn and I believe that the directors (Daniel Noa and Brandon Rice) have every reason to be proud of their work. That said, if it wasn't for the extremely short duration I would have rated it higher. But as it is I have to give it a rating of average.
Review of Smuggler's Ransom
